Developmental change and cross-domain links in vocal and musical emotion recognition performance in childhood

Allgood, Rebecca and Heaton, Pam F.. 2015. Developmental change and cross-domain links in vocal and musical emotion recognition performance in childhood. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 33(3), pp. 398-403. ISSN 0261-510X [Article]

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Abstract or Description

Although the configurations of psychoacoustic cues signalling emotions in human vocalizations and instrumental music are very similar, cross-domain links in recognition performance have yet to be studied developmentally. Two hundred and twenty 5- to 10-year-old children were asked to identify musical excerpts and vocalizations as happy, sad, or fearful. The results revealed age-related increases in overall recognition performance with significant correlations across vocal and musical conditions at all developmental stages. Recognition scores were greater for musical than vocal stimuli and were superior in females compared with males. These results confirm that recognition of emotions in vocal and musical stimuli is linked by 5 years and that sensitivity to emotions in auditory stimuli is influenced by age and gender.

Item Type:

Article

Identification Number (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12097

Keywords:

music, vocalisations, age, gender

Departments, Centres and Research Units:

Psychology

Dates:

DateEvent
19 February 2015Submitted
13 May 2015Accepted
17 June 2015Published Online
1 September 2015Published

Item ID:

19739

Date Deposited:

02 Feb 2017 15:45

Last Modified:

31 Mar 2020 11:41

Peer Reviewed:

Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.

URI:

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/19739

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